I Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 T in h Collegian Elizabeth ’ 1 LdiUn :• ■ Kelsey 1 About the ; i in Daily C'. Weekly Cok lished b f ■ ■ mdepennen~ poration directors den' Universe edit boh adver the fall ters as six weet The Dail. es Mona Issues a mail to campus-y. Complaints. tonal C'.'-r-'-;•' present-' ' Busine; compla sented: ager. Who we ev The Daily Col!*- rial opin‘o!' its Boas:: - the ec!:' respond:: ; and ooii*!:'- the edno*-. necess *■ Daily Coil Inc. Coil*-,., ers of 7 bl- and rekit-' a tion from -■ Members culfine. C--' 1 Caselia. He. Gold. Si Allison n Samaniiu k Andrew Me; Elizabei 1 ; Nichols. Edgar Rr Schmelzie- Laurie S: Jessica j. Alex. Wen Stepli W Letters We want to ments on editorial m Penn StnU ■ E-mail collegian S-' ■ Online WWW.pSUCOik: ■ Postal mail/ In person J 23 S. Burro.'.t'- m Sate Colleg-- - i fetters sho . 200 words should ip: ' major and from air include year o All writers sm their address number fo T . Letters shorn by no more !!• pie. Member tions must u titles if the tutni about is come ;ej with the aim of tn.■ The Collegian le-ev-; the right to edit letters, fhe Collegian cannot guaran tee publication of an let ters it receives. Letters chosen also run on The Daily Collegian Crime and may be selected h r publi cation in The W?eny U ile gian. All letters become property of Collegian Inc. History made, work The State College Bor ough Council’s recent approval of the addition of a non-voting student rep resentative truly was a monumental occasion and an exciting accomplish ment for the University Park Undergraduate Association. The passing of this pro posal shows how hard UPUA President Christ ian Ragland and the rest of the association have worked to combat all obstacles in their path. The relatively quick process shows how much students can accomplish when they exert effort and passion. This is bv far the most ( WERE > rm V BA World seems stranded on the ‘Shore’ By Amanda Elser On yeah. "Jersey Shore, yeah. Or should I say oh no I have a love- hate relation ship with the eulturai pile nomenon that is Jersey Shore." While 1 do par take in the occa sional Thursday night viewing party. I feel as if I have been MY OPINION able to keep a healthy balance between casual viewer and obsessed fan. I am not saying that watching these over-the-top "guidos" as a guilty pleasure is a bad thing. They are certainly entertaining in that "I can t believe this is real" type of way. But how many times can one girl be subject to hearing "cabs are here” down the streets of State College a night'.’ A ridiculous show concept on MTV’ has turned into a nation wide craze. Known for fist pumping and drinking, these 20-something "celebrities" are famous for basi cally being degenerates to socie ty ' On some level, I am a little offended that no matter what respectable journalism career I get with my college degree, I will never have as much money or notoriety as "DJ Pauly D." It is reported that next season, the cast members will be making $30,000 per episode. That is the annual income for an editorial assistant...FML. Their recent fame has also brought them Ed Hardy T-shirts notable accomplishment by UPUA in its short life time; it has a much greater impact than oth ers like the White Loop bus hours extension. We are proud of Ragland for following through on such an important part of his campaign platform. It is also positive to see that the council didn’t get hung up on the nomencla ture of the student repre sentative, and worked with UPUA to make com promises and steady for ward movement. We urge the first repre sentative to set a positive precedent as the guinea pig in this powerful posi tion. They will have to to APFEAR WTHBUfIERS: and a spot on “Dancing with the Stars," while the rest of us our left quoting their made-up vocab ulary. And while J-Woww’s Filthy Couture fashion line just shut down, Snookie and Sammi are both going ahead with their own design ambitions. Because who doesn’t want a bedazzled Bumpit? What I think really bothers me is that they achieved their infa mous status by having poor taste and crude behavior, but our gen eration continues to emulate them. I understand that the majority of people who watch “Jersey Shore” religiously do it for the sheer fact that it is amusing, and they don’t realty expect it to stim ulate their brain anyway. But just the fact that these people are idolized for running around beat ing up each other says a lot about our culture. Sadly, it is not just our genera tion that is enthralled by this rev olutionaiy breed of meat heads. Monday morning, “Jersey Shore” cast members made a guest appearance of “Live with Regis and Kelly.” A few things alarmed me about this. 1. Middle-aged stay at home wives know about “Jersey Shore” and actually want to watch inter views with these people. 2. Regis, who is old enough to be their grandfather, wanted to know what “hooking up means.” “Jersey Shore” is no longer confined to MTV “South Park” aired an episode making fun of the reality show and explored what would happen if the Jersey shore tried to take over the coun try- The Taliban was the South • :